Series
Bradley Reynolds
Gregory Benford & Gordon Eklund · 1 novel · 1 novella · 3 novelettes · 1974–1980
This fix-up novel and its sequel follow Gregory Benford and Gordon Eklund's space explorer Bradley Reynolds through encounters with alien life, from Mars exploration to the ecosystems living within Jupiter itself. If the Stars Are Gods grew out of a Nebula Award-winning novelette before being expanded into a full novel in 1977; The Anvil of Jove carries Reynolds's story further into more first-contact territory. Together the two form a compact 1970s hard-SF sequence built around one recurring protagonist rather than a long series.
Summary by Loreful, from public sources
Reading order
The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
Map
Bradley Reynolds at the centre, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
Stats
By decade
- 1970s4
- 1980s1
Shape
1 novel · 1 novella · 3 novelettes
2 authors
reads like:science fictionspace explorationspacefar futurereflectiveadult
Mood
Grim and calm: 100% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 5%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book3 of 5 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- If the Stars Are Godsdarkest · most intense
- If the Stars Are Godsbrightest · calmest